Method of and apparatus for shaping gores for geographical globes and the like



' Oct. 21, 1930.

E. MASSEY 1,779,044 AP ATUS METHOD OF AND P FOR SHAPING GORES FOR GEOGRAPHI GLOBES AND THE LIKE Filed Aug, 1 192 INVENTOR4 1 MAssEY; 0F? mnmmgmw YORK, Assmnonl'ro c, s. JHAMMONDVJAND e f] conieANy, QF BRqoKLYn, NEWHYORK, A G RPORA'HQN F NEW'JERSEY' ii 'QMy "invents-g nes inethe dffdf the; apparatus for shaping paper: geres or sectors} gores will not match properly Patented Get. 21;; 1936 'mmagob 10F Ann APPARATUS for1geegraphical globes and thelike', jUnder" the: olcl process of applying the paper, sectors or :goresi having geographical.

designations thereon; to the base-globe, it has e beenusual 'to, et flat} paper gores falpply i clhesive', and then, by a laboripusgandpainstaking procedure; to stretch and monlcl the goresgtoi the globe surface;by-hemcli.v This process is ,exceedinglytedious alndtime-eonsuming, and unless great careistakentheend l b Wrinkl'eclat. the meridian edges.

It has been proposed-t0 pre-shape the paperzgores for geographical globes and the like, ,an d li t is the-principal object of my ing 'vention t provide E method of and apparm tus-g for- :pregshaping ripaper, gores 101" l, sect'qrs heioreapplieatidn, to geegraphieal' globes andfithelikei Km" Briefly-stated;

substantially dry pa-periseetpr ;orgore which has bQGll PljBYllOllSlY. printed gwith approp ia f fi gmp ical h ii fier Rheee y slightly stretchi numerous, V closely adj a'c'ent areas efrthespaper gore in a .longitu dinal direction so; that theeumulativeefiect of the .5 .9

el'osely acljeeent stretehed portionsgalbng the qentnalp n ja ent v-ou r meri i w ll beto czpuseall meridian lines to beof, sub? sta ntiallly the-stunnelen'gth. The; stretching;

efi m "sore cng'wmer di l n s P rably greatest at the central meridi ang of the icli an s .teiwa-rcl the edges 'ef; the gdre. jTlle pu tsijle edges of the genes, qr what im ay be termed the edg-ei meridians, a e. preferably 4 e v geres .gnjvztfdlyz frgm 'the' edges are stretched ,so thatalllxnenidian's Willloebf Substantially.

ltheisame length... The efi'set of: I mi king [ell r '1 A D TgE'LIKE; 1

in a referred'mann-er I'Zma em 10 a flat ,s

p y p "Y Fi 12mm nlarged 'detall "Fig 313 "ai l ml'iehlenlarged z she-i an un'stret ched. I condition, and the O SHAPING Germs FQR G OGRAPH C GLQB S, j

r jtnti ztlly shape the sectelitb shaped and prp'vicled withairelzptively great number-0f rtnsed pertiens on the surface;

the raised portions beinghigher zilong the eentralmeridianhne oi the die'inember and bein progressively, l Wer along the atcljgv v I l cent meridianstbwardthe edges ofthe, the j The 'iaised portiens' may be fermedbylruling g'rooves at right angles to the meridian e lines anel forming the'jgreoyesj deeper along the centrgtl meridian or merldi'ans ancl'shallower tOWllfCl the edges It will orlinztrily be Indore c'onvenientlto' 'rnl'e lthe el'osely' adj a;- f

tent g 'QQ SNQfH i fQTDi pthk nd; t n i carefully} grindor' othelfwise ftaper off the pro] ection's between adj aden t grbbves towe fil i;

the ga es of the die.

I nYthe drawings whieh 'shew, fonilllistfa V V h w 7 v and pantially l' g lm at iew {of a die: illustrative of On ftturebf my' inventionf pigyli'sa View siinilari'to F g; a ut takefi substantially-inthep tne' e f l'i ne4fi of 1 sol.

10f ge'fefshgypedinjaceb i'danee withmy in:

1st, sectional. V16W- takensubstanmembers; anal preferably thatfind iated as14 in Fig. 1, preferably shaped in outlinelike the sector o'l 'gbre fof a; geographical'glebe.

7 This die member maybe' substantially fiat as shown, .Qr ifidesired may be bowed slightly ,both aleng the meridian and equatb'riatl lines.

' vided With means for stretching a paper gore 1 along the meridian lines so that all meridians will be of substantially the same length to cause the finished paper gore to be 0f substantially theshape of thesector of the sphericalsurface to which it is to be applied.

In the specific form shown, I form numerous, closely-adj acentgrogves 6 along lines at right; angles to the meridian "lines; and, in order to have the lands or raised portionsbetween the .closelyi iadjacenti' grooves lower at theke dges.

than 'at the 'central portion, I preferably 12 j grind OK 'or otherwise remove the lands toward the edges as indicated-at' 7.-? This re--y inoval of the lands is preferablysubstantially progressively uniform fronithe central meridi'an toward '7 the edges so that along "the 1 -edge o'fthe, diemeinber le'the lands will-prac-r tically disappear; It shouldjbe' understood that the V lands 7 between adjacent grooves should be rather close together and of'but slightsdepth inorder' to avoidundue concentrated stretching 'ofthe paper 'gores;

Now, when the die'inember. 4 which is preferably made of metal has been provided with.

. the grooves' above described itis mounted on a press preferablyas the movablev member the complementary member :of' the press; The die member 2 may be made of heavy vcard- I board,jbakelite orvother substan'cei-nto'which thereof andia .coacting die memben 2. having a preferably smooth surface is mountediupon the ridges .on the die- 4 mayslightIy. force th paper'of the gores', and whichiwillpermit I the shaping of-thepaper gores to he efiee,

' tively accomplished. Itwouldbe possibleto form the-complementary :diememberZ with grooves-and lands complementary toi'those-of the die member 4;, but dueto the difficulty of always registering the die member's in eoin 'memial M -s e] flb 'i 'thati imy "One grooved 119 815; 4 is p t rable iwah -suoh=a single. formed die, I fhave' secured h h y s fe y re l t p i r is placed" upon one of the. die -memhers, and the tyvo thenf brought together withf the requisite foree; The grain of'thep'ap'er pref erably extends crosswise of thegorenthat V to say, along lines substantially at. right angles to the meridian-lines so that thellands' v 7 Ion the die member fl may separate toa very lsjlig htiextent the fibersofthe paper gore with: .outinjuriously stretchingthei fibers so as to mater-ially weaken the finished gore. "D'u efto the close' proximity of the lands on the diehf papeigoreis yeryslightly stretchedat a great' number, of closely adj ae'ent sections g which preferably extend substantially from 1 v end to end of the gore jandas soon as the dies. 2:"and 14 are separated,.the paper gore will curl "longitudinally substantially. into a 7 :sector of a sphere of intowhat may be termed orange peel formation substantiallyas shown inir igs. [With a properly "madefdie. all of the meridians of the, gore will be of substanwi l urth rmore beiseen, that tially the same length. The gores may then be very readily placed upon a base globe of the proper curvature to which they will substantiallyoonform and may be'sec'ured there- I 'to by an adhesive, 1

It will be apparent tothose skillediiithe artthat by the simple process'of pre-shapi ng- V V the gores. in accordance .with my invention; a

great' deal'jof will be saved t 7 f cation of the pape -g res to ja'bas'e g ;;lengthening of theginner meridians by means of numerous, closely. adjacent stretched zpor- .tions ,:ithere 'xwill belittle; or no: distortion of the geographicaldesignationson the face of athe'gor es; It will not ordinarilybe'neeessary, Y [but if itfbe found"desirable'fltheZprintingof the; geographical designations on the gores 1 maybe distorted-to the necessary extentfwhile printingand this distortion rectified-during V V the preforming o f-the gores. 1% F While the-inventionhas beendes y. heij lie be -mi considerable detail e and one apparatus-"for V carrying outtheprofcess hasbeen disclosed in considerablej detail',}I" do {not wishfito be strictly limited-to-the exact disclosure herei'n for 'chan'ges'rnay be made within the scopeof 1 the invention as defined in "appended;

claims.

1 1. Th; methodof pre-shapinga sector or gore for a geographioalglobe' or the like; which consists; infl'stretohing the central meridian; lineof the sector at nHmerous,fclosev1y adjacent points shire the gore 'i s;diSp'0sed- --sub'stantially flat so thatfthe edgeiner'idians and the central meridian will be of substang tially the same length-l i:

, e.,r e.mahsderre;shapingapaise e toror gore for ageographioa lfglobe o'rthe like; which; consists in s'tretching the"paper gore angtheeentmrmridian nn at numerous; V V closelyadj acent but spaced Fpo'rtion's while a the gore is disposed substantially ,flat inlitil the central {meridian} oftheigore is Qf-isub= 'stantially the same lengthas the edge. fl'neridi fians therebf...qf 1 [T '1 The: n1 thod of pre-shapinga aper esstorfon'gor'e'; fora geographical gl'olo ef.orthe i like, which: consists in stretchi-ng the paper V Tgore. along-innerme'ridian lines at numerous;

cl s 'ly' j en p rfi nv l' the brei d posed substantially flat until'theinnerirnerid.

fsame length as-the'edge meridiaaet sreoetions on'the facegthereof with the projeetions higher along the inner meridian lines than along the edge meridians,'and then pressing a flat:;paper gorewith' the die soas to cause the numerous projections to stretch the inner ma ridian' linesand oause'th latterto'be of sub-{ 1 30 stantially the samelength as the edge meridian lines.

5. The method of forming pre-shaped paper gores for geographical globes and the i like, which comprises forming numerous, small, closely adjacent projections ona die member with the height of the projections decreasing gradually from the central zone thereof toward the edges, and then impressingthe die on a flat paper gore so as to cause the projections to stretch the paper gore and cause the inner meridian lines to be of substantially the same length and of substantially the same length as the edge meridian lines.

6. Apparatus for pre-shaping the paper sectors or gores for geographical globes and the like, which includes a die member having numerous, closely adj acent projections on one of the gore engaging surfaces thereof, the height of said projections being progressively greater along the inner meridian lines than along the outer meridian lines of the die.

7. Apparatus for pre-shaping paper gores or sectors for geographical globes andthe like, which includes a die member having numerous transverse'lands upon one of the gore engaging surfaces thereof, the height of said lands being progressively less toward the edges than at the center.

8. The method of pre-shaping a gore for a geographical globe or thelike, which consists in forminga sector/shaped flat strip of paper having oppositely curved edges to form the edge meridian lines of a. finished gore,

then applying pressure to that part of the sector between said meridian lines to form a large number of fine, closely arranged lnden- V tations on one surface of the sector to displace the fibers and to stretch said inner part lengthwise, thereby giving tothe finished gore an orange peel formation. 4 Y

EDWARD'MASSEY. 

